Linux Kernel Security Vulnerabilities

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system of the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel that stems from an off-by-one error in the sdreadblockcharacteristics function, which could lead to out-of-bounds memory...

CVE-2024-49862: Off-by-one Error

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powercap: intelrapl: Fix off by one in getrpi The rp-priv-rpi array is either rpimsr or rpitpmi which have NRRAPLPRIMITIVES number of elements. Thus the needs to be = to prevent an off by one access...

U.S. and Allies Warn of Iranian Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure in Year-Long Campaign

Cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from Australia, Canada, and the U.S. have warned about a year-long campaign undertaken by Iranian cyber actors to infiltrate critical infrastructure organizations via brute-force attacks. "Since October 2023, Iranian actors have used brute force and passwor...

SUSE-SU-2024:3695-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 24 for SLE 15 SP4)

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-15040024111 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2024-35861: Fixed potential UAF in cifssignalcifsdforreconnect bsc1225312. - CVE-2024-36899: gpiolib: cdev: Fix use after free in lineinfochangednotify bsc1225739. -...

CVE-2024-45796: Off-by-one Error

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to version 7.0.7, a logic error during fragment reassembly can lead to failed reassembly for valid traffic. An attacker could craft packets to trigger this behavior.This iss...

SUSE-SU-2024:3631-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel RT (Live Patch 10 for SLE 15 SP5)

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-1505001335 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2024-35861: Fixed potential UAF in cifssignalcifsdforreconnect bsc1225312. - CVE-2024-36899: gpiolib: cdev: Fix use after free in lineinfochangednotify bsc1225739. -...

kernel: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix off by one in qla_edif_app_getstats()

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's qla2xxx SCSI driver, specifically in the qlaedifappgetstats function, where an off-by-one error in array access could lead to memory corruption. This issue affects the appreply-elem array, where an incorrect comparison allowed out-of-bounds access...

Microsoft Detects Growing Use of File Hosting Services in Business Email Compromise Attacks

Microsoft is warning of cyber attack campaigns that abuse legitimate file hosting services such as SharePoint, OneDrive, and Dropbox that are widely used in enterprise environments as a defense evasion tactic. The end goal of the campaigns are broad and varied, allowing threat actors to compromis...

CVE-2024-46040: Insufficient Session Expiration

IoT Haat Smart Plug IH-IN-16A-S IH-IN-16A-S v5.16.1 suffers from Insufficient Session Expiration. The lack of validation of the authentication token at the IoT Haat during the Access Point Pairing mode leads the attacker to replay the Wi-Fi packets and forcefully turn off the access point after t...

CVE-2024-9306

The WP Booking Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 10.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level...

PT-2024-33724

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 6.11.0+ Description: The issue is related to an off-by-one error in the alloc flex gd function in the ext4 filesystem. This error can cause the flex gd-resize bg to be bigger than flexbg size when adjusting resi...

Avast Antivirus security vulnerability

Avast Antivirus is a suite of antivirus software from the Czech company Avast. A security vulnerability exists in versions prior to Avast Antivirus 24.1, which stems from a vulnerability that could allow a local attacker to elevate privileges via COM hijacking during the time of check to time of...

Synology DiskStation Manager Sudo Off-by-one Error (CVE-2021-3156)

Sudo before 1.9.5p2 contains an off-by-one error that can result in a heap-based buffer overflow, which allows privilege escalation to root via sudoedit -s and a command-line argument that ends with a single backslash character. This plugin only works with Tenable.ot. Please visit...

September 30, 2024—KB5043178 (OS Build 26100.1882) Preview

September 30, 2024—KB5043178 OS Build 26100.1882 Preview Applies To Windows 11 version 24H2, all editions Note For information about Windows update terminology, see the article about the types of Windows updates and the monthly quality update types. Note Follow @WindowsUpdate to find out when new...

SUSE CVE-2024-46852

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dma-buf: heaps: Fix off-by-one in CMA heap fault handler Until VMDONTEXPAND was added in commit 1c1914d6e8c6 "dma-buf: heaps: Don't track CMA dma-buf pages under RssFile" it was possible to obtain a mapping larger than the buffer...

PT-2024-10012

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description The issue is related to an off-by-one error in the uof get name function of the QAT 420xx driver in the Linux kernel, which can lead to an out-of-bounds access in memory. This could...

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46852

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dma-buf: heaps: Fix off-by-one in CMA heap fault handler Until VMDONTEXPAND was added in commit 1c1914d6e8c6 "dma-buf: heaps: Don't track CMA dma-buf pages under RssFile" it was possible to obtain a mapping larger than the buffer...

AZL-49809 CVE-2024-46852 affecting package kernel for versions less than 5.15.176.3-1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dma-buf: heaps: Fix off-by-one in CMA heap fault handler Until VMDONTEXPAND was added in commit 1c1914d6e8c6 "dma-buf: heaps: Don't track CMA dma-buf pages under RssFile" it was possible to obtain a mapping larger than the buffer...

AZL-49837 CVE-2024-46852 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.56.1-5

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dma-buf: heaps: Fix off-by-one in CMA heap fault handler Until VMDONTEXPAND was added in commit 1c1914d6e8c6 "dma-buf: heaps: Don't track CMA dma-buf pages under RssFile" it was possible to obtain a mapping larger than the buffer...

OESA-2024-2204 ffmpeg security update

FFmpeg is a complete and free Internet live audio and video broadcasting solution for Linux/Unix. It also includes a digital VCR. It can encode in real time in many formats including MPEG1 audio and video, MPEG4, h263, ac3, asf, avi, real, mjpeg, and flash. Security Fixes: FFmpeg version n5.1 to...